Okay, this my seem really simple and many of you probably know about this, but I just found out recently so I'm inquiring. Be gentle.
The other day, I was messing with my buddy's Canon 5D with his 24mm L USM II lens on it. I must say that that is one of the nicest lenses I've used. The one thing that really stood out to me was the minimum focus distance. I was getting really close and was still able to focus but I thought that my perception was being shaded by my surprise. But when I went home and looked it up, it turns out that the minimum distance is ~ 3.0 inches.
So my question is there anything for Nikon mount in the wide range (DX or FX) that can get in that close? I know the Nikkor 24mm is at about 12 inches and the Nikkor 20mm gets in at 10 inches, but that's all I know. Anything get closer than that?
theletterj wrote:
But when I went home and looked it up, it turns out that the minimum distance is ~ 3.0 inches.
3 Inches? I thought Nikon measured the MFD from the film plane. There should be a line on the top of your camera that shows where it is. 3 inches would put it in the middle of the lens. Maybe Canon measures it differently, or maybe I'm mistaken.
The Canon 24L doesn't focus down to 3 inches, that's an error. The correct close focus distance is 9.9 inches. Nor does the Tokina AT-X 12-24 Pro DX focus to 3 inches, it's actually 11.8"
The Zeiss 25mm ZF will get you close as you can get in a WA. 6.7 inches"
I can get pretty darn close with my 35mm f/2.0 AF-D. That lens goes down to about 9" from the imaging sensor, which is ridiculously close to the front of the lens. Depth of focus is razor thin at that distance, as seen here at f/4.0:
The 17-55/2.8 has a very close MFD (1.2' or 0.36cm from the sensor plane), as evidenced by this following shot (hehe I love it so I show it everywhere):
Avi B wrote:
The 17-55/2.8 has a very close MFD (1.2' or 0.36cm from the sensor plane) [...]
Forgive the nitpick, Avi, and I realize it's probably a typo... but 1.2 feet is 36 centimeters (36cm) or 0.36 meters (0.36m). I'll go be anal somewhere else now.
Makten wrote:
The Nikkor 28/2.8 AI-S is superb for closeups with 0.2 m MFD. Also, Sigma 20/1.8, 24/1.8 and 28/1.8 have great closeup abilities.
Some days ago I showed these "macro studies" over on the Alternative Board, all of them made with my 2.8/28mm AI-S Nikkor manual focus wide angle lens.
And all of them wide open af f/2.8.
All the above with Nikon D300 • Nikkor AI-S 2.8/28mm • at f/2.8 ISO 200
Rodolfo Paiz wrote:
Forgive the nitpick, Avi, and I realize it's probably a typo... but 1.2 feet is 36 centimeters (36cm) or 0.36 meters (0.36m). I'll go be anal somewhere else now.
My wife and I went on vacation in Turkey, and I wanted to travel light.
So as my "macro optic" I just brought the little wide angle Nikkor AI-S 2.8/28mm with me relying on its 0.2m close focus capability.
If you have the opportunity to get really close to your subject, the 2.8/28 wide angle Nikkor makes an excellent lightweight macro substitute.
Here used for a beautiful individual of a Praying Mantis.
D300 + Nikkor AI-S 28/2.8
1/2500 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200
1/2500 sec. at f/4 ISO 200
1/1600 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200
1/1600 sec. at f/5.6 ISO 200
I've just posted a couple more Mantis shots in the "Your Best Nikon Shots" thread
The Nikon 17-35mm focuses at around 11 inches. This is about 3 inches from the front of the lens. I have a tokina 19-35 that focuses at 12 inches, it is about 7 inches from the front of the lens and makes a huge difference between the two.
